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Title:  Senior Manager, Data Product

 

 

 

Requisition ID: 250075 

Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

 

The Role 

 

As the Senior Manager, Data Product, you will play a critical, hands-on role in bringing our data products to life. Reporting to the Director, Data Product, you will be responsible for the day-to-day management and successful delivery of a specific data product, from gathering requirements to overseeing development and launch. You will work embedded within a cross-functional team of developers, data modelers, delivery managers and analysts to translate the product vision into a detailed backlog and ensure features meet the needs of our data consumers.

 

Is this role right for you?  

 

  • Manage the Product Backlog: Own and prioritize the product backlog, creating detailed user stories, and defining acceptance criteria to guide the development team.
  • Execute and Iterate: Work directly with developer leads and architects to break down, scope, and estimate tasks. Participate actively in all agile ceremonies, including planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives.
  • Gather Customer Requirements: Act as the primary point of contact for business users and data consumers to understand their needs, pain points, and requirements for the data product.
  • Validate Solutions: Engage in rapid prototyping and validation cycles with end-users to ensure the product is solving the right problems and delivering high-quality user experience.
  • Own Product Features: Be the subject matter expert for your data product's features. Show our internal customers how to drive value and use the product effectively.
  • Ensure Quality: Maintain high standards for quality, with meticulous attention to detail through the entire development lifecycle.
  • Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
  • Actively pursue effective and efficient operations of his/her respective areas, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational risk, regulatory compliance risk, AML/ATF risk and conduct risk, including but not limited to responsible under the Operational Risk Management Framework, Regulatory Compliance Risk Management Framework, AML/ATF Global Handbook and the Guidelines for Business Conduct. 

 

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? 

 

  • Product Ownership: Solid financial services industry experience (5+ years) in product innovation delivery, with good understanding of business drivers and levers
  • Technical Aptitude: Strong understanding of the data lifecycle, analytics, and software development processes. Experience with cloud data platforms, or data modeling is an asset
  • Business Acumen: Maintains an understanding of the financial services industry and trends in banking
  • Problem Solving Skills: Proven ability to analyze ambiguous and complex problems and translate them into clear, actionable development tasks.
  • Communication & Collaboration: Excellent communication skills with the ability to work effectively with both technical engineering teams and business stakeholders.
  • Agile Expertise: Deep experience with agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban), writing user stories, and managing backlogs in tools like Jira or Confluence.
  • Education: Business, Engineering or Computer Science degree with related experience in product innovation

 

Working Conditions

 

  • Work in a standard office-based environment; non-standard hours are a common occurrence. 
  • The business environment is fast-paced, complex and demanding.  Heavy pressure also arises from the need to manage potential conflicting priorities constructively. 
  • The role may require long hours in preparation of documents and presentations.

 

Location(s):  Canada : Ontario : Toronto 

Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.  

At Scotiabank, we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site, alternate format documents, ASL Interpreter, or Assistive Technology) during the recruitment and selection process, please let our  Recruitment team know. If you require technical assistance, please click here. Candidates must apply directly online to be considered for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Scotiabank; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.


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